Causes of stillbirths and neonatal deaths in Dhanusha district, Nepal: A verbal autopsy study

Kathmandu University Medical Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 29, 2010, Pages 62-72

  Manandhar, S R ^a   Ojha, A ^a   Manandhar, D S ^b   Shrestha, B ^b   Shrestha, D ^b   Saville, N ^c   Costello, A M ^c   Osrin, D ^c  

^a KATHMANDU MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Nepal)

^b Mother and Infant Research Activities (MIRA)   (Nepal)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Neonatal death; Nepal; Stillbirth; Verbal autopsy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTRAPARTUM CARE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; NEPAL; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PREMATURITY; STILLBIRTH; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; VERBAL AUTOPSY;

EID: 77953678226     PISSN: 18122027     EISSN: 18122078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3126/kumj.v8i1.3224     Document Type: Article

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